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Introvert's nightmare. Also, who can study in a common area with all the noise?
by k8si 5y ago
Introvert's nightmare. Also, who can study in a common area with all the noise?
- klyrs 5y agoGoal: socialization. Achievement: kids lying on their beds doomscrolling because the common space in the room is dominated by a massive table with exactly enough room for everybody to bump elbows.
- thehappypm 5y agoI would imagine an introvert would do far worse in a shared triple room with no common areas at all, in this dorm, they have a private room.
- dEnigma 5y agoWhy is the alternative automatically a triple room with no common area, and not simply a single room with at least a window (plus a common area)?
- thehappypm 5y agoBecause that's what this proposal is replacing.
- dEnigma 5y agoBut the real alternative is another (better) proposal, not keeping things as they are.
- thehappypm 5y agoSure, but the school can't justify spending triple per student than standard dorms cost. Even with the gift, the school needs to be financially responsible, and making a huge leap in quality of life would seem financially irresponsible when thousands of other colleges squeeze kids into forced doubles and triples. This is a step towards giving students both privacy and spaces to socialize, with some drawbacks that are a consequence of not having infinite funding.
- colinmhayes 5y agoThis is why the library exists.